Eyeglasses.



UNITED CHARLES w. BARNABY,

OFFI E-- EYEGLASSES.

4 To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, CHARLES lV. BARNABY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Brighton, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglasses, of .which the following is a specification. 4

My invention relates broadly to eyeglasses, spectacles or the like, and more particularly to the manner of and means for mounting therein the lens.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide such a mounting which will prevent to a greater degree than was possible heretofore the loosening of fastening screws or other connective elements.

Another object is to provide a mounting wherein the instrumentality connecting the bridge and nose-piece may rigidly and resiliently clamp the latter parts against relative displacement.

Another object is to provide a mounting of such a nature that certain elements thereof may preferably be pressed or stamped out of any desired sheet metal of the proper thickness. I

Another object is to provide in this connection a mounting for the lens which may bereadily adapted to differences in dimensions and other characteristics of the lens.

Another object is to provide a steady, accurate .and rigid mounting, and yet one which will preferably have a certain degree of resiliency.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

- To these ends, my invention, whereof I disclose herein one of the various possible embodiments, generally consists in the novel arrangement, construction, and combination of parts as hereinafter more specifically set forth and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown the embodiment of my invention just referred to: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of an eye-glass I including a formof mounting of the above type; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view, partly broken away, of the parts shown in Fig. 1: Fig. 3 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1., and looking" in the direction of the arrow; Fig. l is? arear elevation, on an enlarged scale,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 3 1916 Application filed October 19, 1912. Serial No. 726,692.

and partly broken away, showing the saidanother of the members constituting themounting, which member, carrying a leafspring or cushion portion 20, I hereinafter refer to as the cushion-carrying member; Fig. 8 is a front elevation of said cushioncarrying member as finally conformed.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings. Referring now particularly to the embodiment of my invention disclosed in the "drawing, 9 represents the bridge, and 10 the nose-piece. Bridge 9 is preferably provided adjacent each terminus with a transverse hole, 9, most clearly shown in Fig. 3 and nose-piece 10 is preferably provided upon its extension 10 (Fig. 1), with a transverse hole 10", most clearly shown also in said Fig. 3. Numeral 11 represents the armbearing member, provided with a plurality of arms 12 as shown, a lug 13, a plurality of spacerextensions 14, a hole '15'and a hole 16. WVith reference to the arms 12, which pillow an adjacent portion of the lens periphery, these are preferably soresiliently conformed that they will normally assume the approximate positions illustrated in Fig. 1 in dotted lines as at 12 whereby upon properly assembling the mounting their expansion around the lens periphery will tend to secure a more positive, rigid, permanent and accurate fastening. Numeral 17 represents a cushion-carrying member, provided as shown, with a lug 18, a plurality of spacer-extensions 19, a bent, preferably resilient cushion portion 20, a hole 21, a hole 22, a hole 23 and a Wall 24:, wall 24,1J eing provided with a hole 25. The holes 15, 16, 23 and25, in this embodiment, are not shown .as being tapped, while the holes ,21 and 22 por relation shown in Figs. 2 and 3 after preliminarily 1 ssembling the bridge 9, the appropriate nose-piece 10, the arm-bearmg member 11 and the cushion-carrying .meinmost clearly in Figs. 2 and 3.

her 17. As thus assembled, it will be noted that the inter-engagement of the parts in this embodiment is as follows: The face of the arm-bearing member 11 illustrated in Fig. 6 overlies the face of cushion-carrying member 17 illustrated in Fig. 8, as shown The lug 18 of cushion-carrying 'member 1'? enters the hole 9 in bridge 9, and interlocks said membe)? with bridge 9, and the formers wall 2% lies against nose-piece 10 as shown, the hole 25 (formed in said. Wall) registering with the hole 10" in said nose-piece. lhe lug 13 of arm-bearing member 11 enters said registered holes 10". and 25 and. interlocks the nose-piece l0 and the wall 2%. Spacenextensions 1d co-act with the opposed spacer-extensions 19 (see particularly Fig. 2), thereby to maintain spaced apart as shown the included portions of nose-piece 10 and bridge 9. Upon the aforesaid insertion of screw 29 the various elements will thus be positively, permanently and mutually engaged, and absolutely maintained against relative displacement or looseness. It will be noted also that there is here pres out a resilient quality with reference to the entire combination which keeps the screw 29 under tension during a considerable portion of the final turn upon its threads; thereby insuring the subjection of the said screw to such a continuous stress that the possibility of its working loose is exceedingly remote. Also, the interlocked characteristic of the inter-engagement of the parts, as pointed out, renders. impossible the twisting action, which usually arises and which would have a tendency to loosen the screw.

Ali-important feature of my invention, which should in an equivalent manner preferably distinguish every embodiment there of aimed to provide a connection between the bridge and the nose-piece of an eyeglass, resides in the fact, to be particularly noted atthis point, that the substantially alined' spacerextensions 14. define" in the arm bearing member 11 ways or grooves 32 and 33 6) that the substantially alined spacer-extensions 19 define in the cushion-carrying member 17 ways or grooves 34 and 35 (Fig. 8) of which grooves, with eye-glasses rea ers the partsin assembled relation, .grooves 32 and 34: substantially overlie each other to accommodate a shank of the bridge 9, and grooves 33 and substantially overlie each other to accommodate the shank of the nosepiece 10; and that the portion 11 of the arm-bearing member 11 and the overlying portion 17 of the cushion-carrying member 17 are naturally resilient with reference to sets up a spring-pressed frictional drag upon any accidental or other subsequent rotation of the screw, positively preventing it working loose or weakening its grip.

Upon the insertion of a lens 31 (Fig. 1), the arms 12 are forced to the position illustrated in full lines, and the screw 30 (Figs. 2 and 3) is inserted, passing freely through holes 16 and 23, and being screwed home into tapped hole 22. It will thus be seen that the lens is held against displacement or looseness within its general plane, and also laterally ofsaid plane. It will also be apparent that by thus mounting the lens between the elements described, which I may call spring-cushioning elements, any likelihood of the lens being broken when subject ed to sudden shock or strain, as when the are accidentally dropped, is avoided. An advantageous adaptability of this embodiment to variations in nose-guard, bridge and lens dimensions, and to variations in locations of the drillings therein, should also be apparent.

I desire to call attention to the fact that 1- preferably give to the arm-bearing memher a cupped portion 26, adjacent the hole 16, best illustrated, with reference to its clamping function, in assembled relation in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. This cupped portion is an important feature of-this embodiment of my invention, because it adds extra gripping eliiciency to the lens-holding parts. It

should be noted also that in the present emmation and denominated in the: manner disclosed herein merely for illustrative purthe lens will be so gripped.

It should be obvious that my invention may be advantageously utilized in connection with eye-glasses of the kind generally known as spectacles.

Various other modifications and changes in the design and construction of my improved mounting could be resorted to, also,

without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Inasmuch as many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be taken as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It is also to be understood that the language used in'the following claims is-intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the kind described, a member having spring portions for engaging the opposite edges of a bridge and nosepiece respectively, and a fastening means engaging said spring portions between the bridge and the nose-piece.

2. In a device of the kind described, a member made in two pieces and having spring portions for engaging the opposite edges of a bridge and nose-piece respectively, and a fastening means engaging said spring portions between the bridge and the nose-piece respectively.

3 In a device of the kind described, a member having portions engaging opposite faces of a lens, one of said portions having an extension bent over upon the portion lastmentioned and a plurality of apertures arranged in a line extending substantially transversely of the lens.

4. In a device of the kind described, a member having diverging spring arms for engaging the edge of a lens, and having portions engaging opposite faces of the lens, one of said portions having an extension bent over upon the portion last-mentioned and a plurality of apertures arranged in a line extending substantially transversely of thelens.

5. In a device of the class described, in combination, a member having diverging spring arms for engaging the edge of a lens, lneans for engaging one face of said lens, means for engaging an opposite face of said lens, the means last mentioned consisting of spring cushion having a normal resilientbias, and. an adjustable instrumentality, adapted for manipulation to abnormally dispose said means last mentioned whereby the latter and the means first mentioned are drawn together to cushion the mounting of said lens therebetween. Y

6. In a device of the class described, in combination, a member having diverging spring arms for engaging-the edge of a lens, means for engaging one face of said lens, means for engaging an opposite face of said lens, the means last mentioned consisting of spring cushion having a normal resilient bias, and an adjustable instrumentality, adapted for manipulation to abnormally dispose said means last mentioned whereby the latter and the means first mentioned are drawn together to cushion the mounting of said lens therebetween, said diverging spring arms also having a normal resilient bias whereby upon the aforesaid manipulation of said instrumentality said arms will also cushion the mounting of said lens therebetween.

7 In a device of the'classdescribed, in combination, a ,member having diverging spring arms for engaging the edge of aolens, means for engaging one face of said lens, means for engaging an opposite face of said lens, the means last mentioned consisting of spring cushion having a normal resilient bias, and an adjustable instrumentality, adapted for manipulation to abnormally'dispose said means last mentioned whereby the latter and the means first mentioned are said lens therebetween, the second mentioned means including a member adapted to overlie one of the faces of said lens and said member having an extension bent over upon itself. o

8. In a device of the class described, in combination, a member having diverging spring arms for engaging the edge of a lens, means for engaging one face of said lens, means for engaging an opposite face of said lens,.the means last mentioned consisting of spring cushion having a normal resilient bias, and an adjustable instrumentality, adapted for manipulation to abnormally dispose said means last mentioned whereby the latter and the means first mentioned are drawntogether to cushion the mounting of said lens therebetween, said diverging spring arms also having a normal resilient bias whereby upon the aforesaid manipulation of said instrumentality .said arms will also cushiofi the mounting of-said lens there between, the second mentioned means ineluding a member adapted to overlie one of the faces of said lens and said member havingan extension bent over upon itself.

9. In a deviceof the class described, in combination, a member having diverging springarms for engaging the edge of a lens, means for engaging one face of said'lens, means for engaging an opposite face of said lens, the means last mentioned consisting of spring cushion having a normal; resilient bias, and an adjustable instrumentality, adapted for manipulation to abnormally dispose said means last mentioned whereby the latter and the means first mentioned are drawn together to cushion the mounting of said lens therebetween, the second mentioned means including a member adapted to overlie one of the faces of said lens and'said member having an extension bent over upon itself, a portion of'said extension lying be tween the said two means.

10. In a device ofthe class described, in combination, a member havin diverging spring arms for engaging the edge of a lens, means forengaging one face of said lens, means for engaging an oppositefa-ce of said lens, the means last mentioned consisting of spring cushion having a normal resilient bias, and an I adjustable instrumentality, adapted for manipulation to'abnormally dispose said means last mentioned whereby the latter and the means first mentioned are drawn together to cushion the mounting of I said lens therebetween, said diverging spring arms also having a normal resilient bias whereby upon the aforesaid manipulation of said instrumentality said arms will. also cushion the mounting of said lens therebetween, the second mentioned means including a member adapted to overlie one of the faces of said lens and said member having an extension bent over upon itself, a portion of said extension lying between the said two means. I

11-. In a device of the kind described, a member having spring portions for engaging the opposite edges of a bridge and nosepiece respectively, and a fastening means engaging said spring portions between the bridge and nose-piece; said member being further provided with portions engaging opposite faces of a lens, one of said portions being provided with a cushion; and said member being also provided with diverging spring arms for engaging the edge of the lens.

12. In a device of the kind described a member having portions engaging opposite faces of a lens, one of said portions having a resilient extension bent over upon it whereby the engagement of one of the last-mentioned portions will be spring-cushioned due to a re-action of said extension to becoming further bent over upon said last-mentioned portion.

13. A member 11, provided with arms 12, and having a lug 13, spacer-extensions 14., a hole 15, and a hole 16.

14. A. member 17, having a lug 18, spacerextensions 19, a cushion portion 20, a hole 21, a hole 22, a hole 23, and a wall 24 provided with a hole 25.

15. A member 17, having a lug 18, spacer- .extensions 19, a hole 21, a hole 22, and a wall 24 provided with a hole 25.

16. In a device of the class described, in combination, a first member including a plurality of oil-set extensions and a plurality of apertures, a second member including apl'urality of similar extensions and a plurality of apertures, a third member including an aperture, and a lockinginstrumentality; said members being so formed that said first and second members may be assembled to establish a compartment between them within which may be inserted said third member.

17 In a device of the class described, in combination, a first-member including a plurality of ofi-set extensions and a plurality of apertures, a second member including a plurality of similar extensions and a plurality of apertures, a third member including an aperture, and a locking instrumentality; said members being so formed that said first and second members may be assembled whereby a projecting portion of each-will overlie the opposite faces of the lens and also wherebysaid first and second members will establish a compartment be tween them within. which may be-inserted said third member.

18. In a device of the class described, in combination, a first-member including plurality of oil-set extensions and a plurality" of apertures, a second member including a plurality of similar extensions and a pinrality of apertures, a third member including an aperture, and a locking instrumentality; said members being so formed that said first and second members may be as sembled to establish a compartment between them within which may be inserted said third member, said third member having its opposite edges gripped between said first and second members.

19. In a device of the class described, in combination, a first-member including a plurality of off-set extensions and a plurality of apertures, a second member including a plurality of similar extensions and a plu rality of apertures, a third member including an aperture, and a locking instrumentality; said members being so formed that said first and and second members may be assembled to establish a compartment be tween them within which may be inserted said third member, said third member hav ing its opposite edges gripped between said. first and second members, an extension car of WIlJlI' the aperture: pix-said third vmember .to prevent a longitudinal"displacementi'of said third member ffrom i betweensaid first? and secondmembersxi, 20. In a device: otf the: class :"described, in combinatiomti a: first-member. including a a plurality-10f ofi-set extensions and a plurality of apertures, a second member including a plurality of'similar extensions and a plurality of apertures, a third member includingan aperture, and a locking instrumentality; said members being so formed that saidfirst and second members may be assembled to establish 'a compartment between them within which may be inserted said third member, said third member having its opposite edges gripped between said first and second members, said members being so arranged that said locking instrumentality may be manipulated to grip said third inember between said first and second memers. a

21. In a device of the class described, in combination, a first member including a plurality of ofi-set extensions and a plurality of apertures, 'a second member including a plurality of similar extensions and a plurality of apertures, a third member including an aperture, and a lockinginstrumentalfity; said members being so formed that said first and'second members may be assembled to establish a compartment between themwithin which may be inserted said third member, said third member having its opposite edges. gripped between said first and second members, said members being so arranged that said locking instrumentality may be manipulated to grip said third member between said first and second members, said first and second members including resilient portions.

22. In a device of the class described, in combination, a first member including a plurality of off-set extensions and a plurality of apertures, a second member including a plurality of similar extensions and a plurality of apertures,'a third member including an aperture, and. a locking instrumentality; said members being so formed that said first and second members may be assembled to establish a compartment between them within which may be inserted said third member, said third member having its opposite edges gripped between said first and second members, said members being so arranged that said locking instrumentality may be manipulated to grip said third member between said first and second members, said first and second members including 'resilient portions which by the aforesaid manipula pO IE-J SHld lockuglit to bear ing instrumehtality may b'ei-f no against said opposite edges'of said third member.

23;: a xdevice of described, in

c coinbination, a first-member including a plurality of oil-set extensions and v a pluralityof :"apertures, second member including a plurality of similar extensions and a plutality; said members being so formed that said first and second members may be assembled to establish a compartment between rality of- .-ap ertures,-ua third member includ -1ng an-aperture,"and a locking instrumenthem within which may be inserted said third member, said third member having its opposite edges gripped between said first and second members, certain of said apertures being engageable by certainv of said extensions to maintain said members as so associated against a certain displacement and said locking instrumentality being manipulable to maintain said members as so associated against another displacement to the end that said members as so associated are thus maintained against any displacement whatsoever.

24. In a device of the class described, in

combination, a first member including a plurality of off-set extensions and a pluralityof apertures, a second memberiincluding a plurality of similar. extensions and a plurality of apertures, a third member including an aperture, and a locking instrumentality said members being so formed that said first and second members may be assembled to establish a compartment between them within which may be inserted said third'member, said third member having its opposite edges gripped between said first and second members, certain of said apertures being engageable by certain of said extensions to maintain said members as so associated against a certain displacement and said locking instrumentality being manipulable to maintain said members as so i associated against another displacement to the end that saidmembers as so associated are thus maintained against any displacement whatsoever; andfa conformation carried by one of said members adapted to establish a way for the insertion into said compartment of said third member.

25. In a device of theclass described, in combination, a first member including a plurality of ofi-set extensions and a plurality of" apertures, a second member including a pluralityof similar extensions and a pluralityof apertures, a third member including an aperture, a fourth member including an aperture, and a locking instrumentality; said members being so formed that said first and second members may be arranged to establish a compartment between them within which may be inserted said third and fourth members; certain of said apertures being 'engageable by certain of said extensions to maintain said members as so associated against a certain displacement and said locking instrumentality being manipulable to maintain said members as so-associated against another displacement to the end that said members ,as so associated are thus maintained against anydisplacement whatsoever.

26. In a device of the class described, in

combination, a first member including a plurality of oii-set extensions and a plurality of apertures, a second member including a plurality of similar. extensions and a plu-.

rallty of apertures, a third member including an aperture, a fourth member including an aperture, and a locking instrumentality; said members being so formed that said first and second members may be arranged to es tablish a compartment between them within which may be inserted said third and fourth members; certain of said apertures being apertures, a second member including a plurality of similar extensions and a plurality of apertures, a third member including an aperture, a. fourth member including an aperture, and a locking instrumentality; said members being so formed that said first and second members may be arranged to establish av compartment between them within which may be inserted said third and fourth members; certain of said apertures being engageable by certain of said extensions to maintain said members as so associated en ers against a certain displacement and said locking instrumentality being manipulable to maintain said members as so associated against another displacement to the end that said members as so associated are thus maintained against any displacement whatsoever; and conformations carried by said first and second members adapted to establish ways for the insertion into said compartment of said third and fourth members; said third and fourth members being arranged in said compartment so that the opposite edges of each are gripped between the opposite. walls of said compartment and so that, said third and fourth members are spaced whereby the locking instrumentality may be accommodated therebetween and transversely of said compartment.

28. In a device of the class described, a member having a wall, an extension oif-set from said Wall and a second extension offset from the firstanentioned extension; in combination with a member having a Wall, an extension off-set from said all, and an aperture in said extension; whereby said mem bers may be assembled to establish a compartment and so said second extension-of said first member may engage the said aper ture.

29. In a device of the kind described, a two-part structure for engaging the opposite edges of a bridge and nose-piece and maintaining them in spaced relation, one part for one edge and the other part for the opposite edge, of the bridge and nosepiece respectively, and means extending between the bridge and nose-piece for drawing the two parts of said structure toward each other and into engagement With the opposite edges of the bridge and nose-piece.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. BARNABY. Witnesses:

'FRANK J. KENT,

A. C, MCDONNELL. 

